Burial-vault.



.1. T. McK'm a. L. MILLER.

BURIAL VULT.' (Application med Feb. 1 15u12.)`

James T. McKim Lewis Miller Y A TOHNEYS UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. MCKIM AND LEWIS MILLER, OF THORNTOWN,VINDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,850, dated J' uly 1 5, 1902.

yApplication led February l, 1902. Serial No.92,132. (No model.) f

means for strengthening the cement casing.`

The accompanying drawing, which is a perspective view of our improved vault'in the' process of erection, illustrates your invention.

In the drawing, l indicates the rough box in which a casket isusually packed; but instead of the usual dat top we provide alight arched cover 2. box are the ends of a plurality of' metallic strips 3 and 4, strips 3 being arranged in pairs along opposite sides of the box and of suicient length to allow them Vto be arched over the cover 2 and connected together. strips 4 are of sufficient length to allow them to be turned down and attached to the arch of the adjacent pair of side strips 3. Each of the metallic strips is held away from the side or end of the box at the top thereof by means of a block 5 about half the thickness of the cement walls to be formed.

In operation a grave is dugwin the usual manner, except that it is approximatelysix inches larger in length and vwidth than vthe box l, and a door 6 of cementis laid therein. Before the cement floor 6 has set the box l, with the strips 3 and 4L attached thereto, is laid upon the floor, the metallic strips extending up along the sides of the grave, as shown by the dotted lines in the drawing. The box l is then placed in the grave and the space between the box and grave-walls filled with cement. Thecasket is then introduced, coverl 2 applied, metallic strips 3 brought together Secured to the bottom of theY The end' in pairs, so as to form arches oven-but not touching the cover 2, and the end strips are bent over and attached Vto .the-arch formed by the adjacent side strips 3. Cementis then placed over they cover 2, so as to unite with the side walls and thoronghlyembed strips 3 and 4 and forming a ghoul, vermin, and moisture proof vault.

We claim as our inventionl. The combination with a casket-receivin g receptacle, of a plurality of strengtheningstrips secured to said receptacle and having portions lying clear thereof, and a cement covering incasing the receptacle and embedding -portions of said strips.

2. The combination with a casket-receiving.

box,of a pluralityof strengthening-strips each secured at one of its ends -to said box, said strips being adapted to be brought together in an arch over and free from the box-cover, the box-cover, and a cement covering incasing the box and embedding said strips.

3. The combination with a casket-receivin g box,of a plurality of strengthening-strips each secured to the bottom of the box and extended up alongside the box free from the sides thereof and adapted to be arched thcreover, a cover for the box, and a cement covering incasing the box and embedding the strips.

4.' The combination with a casket-receiving box,of a plurality of strengthening-strips each y secured to the bottom of the box, extended up alongside the'box and adapted to be joined 

